Assignment:
In Social psychology and human nature, read: Emotion and Affect - Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consistency (5a, 5b) Emotions have both mental and physical aspects. The physical aspect of emotion is emotional arousal. Sadness is often accompanied by tears, for example. The various theories of emotion attempt to explain how emotional arousal occurs. Please respond to all of the following prompts:
Come up with a definition of emotion in your own words. Why do we have emotions?
Looking back at the four emotions happiness ,anger shame and discust, briefly describe how each emotion can help a person maintain a good relationship with others.